Ukraine – A Time to Help! C4C aid truck is soon on its way!

04.03.2022
  Just when we all thought that after Covid things just couldn´t get any worse, here comes a war in the heart of Europe!  And, as a consequence, hundreds of thousands (soon perhaps millions) of refugees are fleeing the horrors of war. “The situation is beyond dire,” says C4C founder Manfred Franke, “we simply had

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Introducing: The HELPMATE Project. A LITTLE HELP FROM A FRIEND FOR STAFF AND EDUCATORS IN CHILDREN´S HOMES

25.02.2022
  Assisting teenagers and young adults in children´s homes to successfully transition into civil society, has been the stated goal of C4C´s Springboard to Life initiative for 20+ years. Toward these ends, C4C´s teachers provide coaching, mentoring and extracurricular education for resident children, who come mainly from socially handicapped and disadvantaged backgrounds and to a

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Working in child psychiatry hospital wards – we take a very sensitive approach!

08.12.2021
  An in-depth deep-dive into the work of C4C´s Martina Pupcsiková , who visits children in psychiatric and surgery wards with her “Playing with Colors” initiative, reading fairy-tales she authored and doing art projects with them. Martina Pupcsiková started visiting child psychiatry wards three years ago during the preparation for her book Fairy Tales to

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Chance 4 Children to ESA logistics: Thank You!

28.11.2021
  A little history to start, but don’t worry, it won’t be THAT long 😊 Chance 4 Children started 25 years ago with help in a single children´s home. At the time, it didn’t need any larger storage or a transport company to help distribute material aid to more distant care facilities. But as the

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Stories of our teachers: planting trees (DD Zvíkovské Podhradí)

18.10.2021
  Within the framework of C4C´s Springboard to Life initiative we can find a number of incredibly dedicated men and women who come to the orphanages and help the children there, or make their days more enjoyable through after-school clubs or tutoring. They often share their experiences with us, so the idea was born of

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Team meeting C4C 2021! It took a whole year before we could reunite!

28.09.2021
  It’s not that we haven’t seen each other in between, but due to restrictions and the overall situation, it has been difficult to organize a meeting where everyone is present: project leaders, clowns, teachers, mentors and the Chance 4 Children management. Our partner of many years, the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague, once again allowed

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